Quotes About Coming out

The coming out video was not just for the masses, but also for many people in my family.

I said, "Thank you. Go the Saints. Goodbye." Go the Saints; I'd said it. The first time. It felt like...coming out.

When I came out, it wasn't a big formal conversation like in the movies. I just started living as my true and authentic self and opened up my life to my parents - sharing who I was, and bringing a girlfriend when I came home for a visit. To my great surprise, my parents accepted me for who I was and have supported me since.

I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out.

Some really good players are coming out of county cricket. Better preparation, and looking after yourself physically are things that counties should still have to strive for. Also, the volume of county cricket is still far too high. I'd definitely like less county cricket.

I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.

My friend's mom said to me, 'honey, I think you're gay.' And I go, 'yeah, I am.' As soon as someone vocalized it to me, gave me permission. I was like, 'yes, yes, yeah!'

You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth!

It was shortly before my 18th birthday when I came out and admitted that I was gay.

My coming out was just so boring.

I remember being so nervous to tell my little sister. I was like, 'I have something to tell you... I'm gay.' And she was like, 'Cool, do you have a boyfriend?' And I was like, 'Yeah,' and she was like, 'When do I get to meet him?' I was, like, 'Really? It's that simple?' So it went really well.

It's not like I came out in 'Rolling Stone' and all of a sudden I had a closet full of all the clothes I want.

I definitely suffered from stage fright. I had to work really hard to come out of my shell. When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious.

The films that are coming out of SXSW are incredible, and they should get the same bids that films at Sundance are getting.

In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.

I was never physically abused, but when I came out to my parents late in life, when I was 27, they definitely had an intervention.

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

I came out to my dad in Christmas of '94.

Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.

The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. Her reaction surprised me. 'I've known you were gay for years,' she said. From that moment on I was comfortable in my own skin.

I came out to my mom at the age of 14. She didn't understand it at first, but she's been very supportive since.

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.

I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope.